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  • nivenkos@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldCory Doctorow gets scammed
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    9 months ago

    Spain and the UK have no real digital ID (Spain has some horrible Java certificate based system, but you can’t use it for much). I think Germany’s digital ID is in a similar position too although it’s been many years since I lived there now.

    The UK is in the same position as the US with no national ID or residence registration at all.

    Only the Netherlands, Finland and Scandinavia really have it sorted out for banking and government services.


  • Yeah, my ex was scammed this way too - exactly like Cory describes, they happened to ring right as she was going through the whole visa and tax process and pretend to be regarding the IRS, etc. and since she was dealing with a lot of similar calls it was an easy mistake to make.

    More services available online and e-mail communication makes this a bit better.